Spiritual Sacrifices for Edification

Dear Brethren,

I would like to share with you these Spiritual Sacrifices for your edification from last week's priesthood worksheet and log:

Those who build the House of God serve Him in truth.

The true followers of Christ keep His second covenant commandments.

Outside of covenant Christians are taught that covetousness is faith whereas true faith is reciprocating in kind that which God first gave to us; the knowledge of Jesus Christ; through His Apostolic Governance; not the temporal things of this world; for God is a spirit and thus no physical things can we present before him as concerning our expression of faith in him.

We cannot honor God and despise the son; we cannot reject the terms and conditions of the second covenant and be joined to God’s kingdom. For apart from grace there is no justification.

We honor God through covenant faith and so are rightfully called His sons for his commandments are the expression of our faith.

Daily making choices to express our faith with the sanctified tools of Christ we choose righteousness rather than unrighteousness whereby light and life reigns in the soul.

Yielding to God's government, God's truth and God's Spirit we are kept mindful of our inheritance by which our will is strengthen to remain consistent in the priesthood for therein do we store up treasures which are eternal.

Joined to the Godhead our faith is living being sustained by the power of God but apart from stewardship and the priesthood our faith is dead; relying on the power of the Flattery, Finance and Fantasy which cannot carry us into righteousness.

To serve God in truth is to build His House; making nor reputation of oneself but confirming the record of Christ and His covenant.

In covenant fellowship with God is of an equal exchange; thus we reciprocate that which the Lord has initiated which is not a boast in the flesh; as to use the imagination for faith but to take great confidence in the works of the Spirit; whereby our soul truly reflects Christ; taking on the form of a servant in which we make no reputation for ourselves.

Christ sustains our faith in covenant but apart from Him we would have to rely on the powers of flattery, finance and fantasy which are the powers of iniquity whereby we confess to live by bread alone.

Viewing life in light of our circumstances brings great frustration; for the peace of God accompanies our labor of faith in accordance to the record of Christ, not the record of our own soul.

There is no greater approval we can receive in this dimension than that which comes from God whereby our calling and election is made sure through our active labor of faith in covenant.

True fellowship with God is through covenant faith in which we love God by keeping His second covenant commandments.

On the highway of holiness we follow the prophetic path of the Lord whereby His will is carried out in our lives.

As we pray in the Spirit the blueprint for our healing is being set that we may partake of the fullness of Christ as the Spirit of God works true regeneration within the soul.

Reflecting on Christ sets our focus on eternity and the way that leads us back to the bosom of God that we may do accordingly and receive the inheritance.

As we reflect on Christ; following the prophetic path of the covenant we overcome as Christ overcame whereby we are not surprised by resistance for we are keeping cadence with the Spirit.

The prophetic path of the Lord is the highway of holiness in which we follow whereby we progress in Christ through our activity of faith in the priesthood.

Through our activity of faith in the priesthood with the tools of the second covenant we are equipped to overcome ourselves, the world and Satan for we are being rooted in Christ.

The impact of grace upon the soul is manifested in our choices of faith to utilize the tools of the second covenant daily, for through this activity are we observing the record of Christ.

That which is of Moses is physical, but those things which carry the name of the Lord are spiritual.

We partake of God’s divine nature through our activity of faith in the priesthood with the tools of the second covenant.
When faith is drawn from the heart it is the result of the influence of grace (power) upon the will.

We know God and bear His fruit when our faith follows the pattern He set in His beloved son Jesus Christ.

As we reflect on the record of Christ daily our will is inspired to remain consistent in our priestly duties.

A steady flow of grace is issued unto us as we are diligent with the works of the covenant whereby our faith is made living and darkness is removed from the soul.

We are molded into the image of Christ by the inspiration of grace as we follow His pattern of truth.

Christians aren’t simply saved for having a zeal for God; that zeal must be according to the knowledge of Jesus Christ as revealed through His living covenant apostles whereby we express our faith in accordance to the pattern God specifically set in Jesus Christ for our expression of faith.

Diligence with the tokens of Christ awakens the dormant seed within that we may view life not in light of our circumstances but according to God's perspective that we may have full confidence in the record of Christ and our inheritance in the bosom of God whereby our will is strengthened by His grace to remain steadfast; enduring our cycles of growth.

Our soul reflects the image of Christ when we walk in covenant with God for we are embracing the perfect record of Christ for faith and not our imagination whereby we experience daily the effectual working power of the Holy Ghost.

The contact points of the Spirit are new and living –provided by Jesus through His blood.

Faith is dead when joined to dead works but is made living when expressed with the works of the covenant.

The Spirit of God bears witness to the record of Christ, so when we embrace the record of Christ our is conscience is clear as the Holy Spirit bears witness to it granting substance to our hope through charity.

Our activity of faith in the priesthood with the tools of the covenant is a manifestation of the work of the Spirit taking place within the soul by which true regeneration and renewing of the mind are experienced.

When we truly believe that Jesus Christ is the son of God then we will only express our faith with the works of the second covenant which He shed his blood for whereby we experience daily the power of His resurrection.

To be joined to God through the contact points of the Spirit is to be separated from the world by God unto Himself, this is our sanctification.

To experience peace and rest within the soul requires contact with the living God through the contact points of the Spirit not paper and ink; as with precept of scripture.

Through our contact with the gifts, the callings, and graces of God; prayer, preaching and prophecy, government, truth and spirit our soul is brought into the Lord’s care; whereby we experience His peace and enter into His rest.

When our faith follows the pattern God set in Jesus Christ then it is acceptable before Him whereby we are declared by Him as righteous.

We enter into rest through our labor of faith with the tools of Christ for we experience His peace as we are making direct contact with the living God.

Through our active involvement in the priesthood with the tools of the covenant we separate ourselves from the world unto God, whereby we are Holy as God is Holy.

In covenant we are hidden in Christ because instead of our faith being expressed according to our instincts (carnal nature), it is expressed with the spiritual things from above which God authorized in Jesus Christ.

As we grow in grace we are dead as the inner man is transformed into the likeness and image of Christ; thus our life is in Christ rather than in ourselves; that being the carnal nature.

We put on charity and love one another through our activity of faith in the priesthood whereby the peace of God is experienced and derision is removed.

Expressing faith with false tokens we stand naked before God as we have yet to be clothed with the righteousness of Christ. But when we express faith with the things from above we are clothed in the light of Christ for we view life from the perspective of the throne.

The power to be hidden in Christ and partake of His fullness is experienced through our activity of faith with the works of the covenant.

The power of God accessed through our activity of faith with the works of the covenant cleanses the conscience, brings healing to the soul and forms the image of Christ within.

Yours in Christ,
Deborah Florio
Student
Second 8th Week Apostolic Institute of Theology